Category Archive: ‘ Childhood Aggression & Violence’

Help! My Child’s Homework is Destroying our Family

HELP! MY CHILD’S HOMEWORK IS DESTROYING OUR FAMILY! Throughout years of working with children and their families, I have heard well-meaning parents make countless complaints about their children’s homework. Grievances such as: “I don’t understand how to do so much of this, I can’t help my child.” ” I […]

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Finding the Right Words: Talking to Your Children in a Conflict-Free Manner

FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS: TALKING TO YOUR CHILD IN A CONFLICT-FREE MANNER Childhood is not an easy time of life. Most of us forget this, although if you stop for a few moments and reflect on your childhood, you are sure to remember the occasional sense of helplessness, loss of control, anger, and disappointments that […]

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Should Parents Worry? The Latest Scoop on Video Games and their Impact on Your Children.

SHOULD PARENTS WORRY: THE LATEST SCOOP ON VIDEO GAMES AND THEIR IMPACT ON CHILDREN When I started my practice almost thirty years ago, Sesame Street and the benign Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood captured our children’s attention. Disney movies proliferated the video market and they followed a similar fairy tale pattern in which a hero or […]

Ask Dr. Leigh: How National Tragedies Impact Our Children

I had a number of responses last week asking about the impact of the Boston Marathon bombing on children. Parents are concerned, “what do I say to my children when they see the images of this disaster on television, or overhear other children talking about it?” How do we explain such madness and evil to […]

COURT ORDERED EVALUATIONS FOR FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE

SPECIAL ISSUE EVALUATIONS CONDUCTING COURT ORDERED ASSESSMENTS FOR ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE IN THE CONTEXT OF HIGH CONFLICT DIVORCE A majority of child sexual assaults are never reported to the police. From those children who do report abuse, a small percentage of those children make false allegations. The statistics vary from state to state, […]